Thelymitra antennifera & flexuosa
T. antennifera is probably the most common sun orchid in Western Australia. Often seen as carpets of yellow flowers, it inhabits moist areas, including swampy land and runoff areas on and around granite outcrops. It is widespread across the entire south west of Western Australia. Its flowers have a distict lemon scent. Thelymitra flexuosa has similar, smaller yellow flowers and is distinguished by is differently shaped column and zig-zagging stems (hence its latin and common names.)
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